The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-28

by those alone who won it. And those who have
worn it were entitled to wear it, for they won 1t
at a fearful cost Why give it to = man who
did anything but sympathze with them, one
who went out Of his way TO strain the law
TO violate decisions in order TO annul pen
sions to those of them who bear battle scarss w ny
Ia this mighty decoration given thus. ana SO
cheaplys Again, but three days since the cnlefs
of the Grand Army of the Republic invited him
to the grand encampment OF that order aI ~.
Louis, and he gladly consents TO attend why
do these Grand Army chiefs interfere with the
right Of the boys to request legal and proper IN
formation from the posts they claim to hold In
Iubordination to themf And why do the mem
bers of these posts permit themselves to be or
dered to refuse TO give the press the proper In
formation and blndly obey order which these
chiefs with presumption 10 enforce!
Why invite Mr.. Cleveland TO this great soldier
citizen encampment, whose members have, as
they assert. taken oath to have no polltlcs In
DR. about their order; oath OF silence on all
questions controlling their rights and duties as
citizens, TO disobey which deprlves them OF
friendship, charity etc. Under their oatns OF
silence nothing of governmental concern must
be discussed and hence the whippers-in perDe-
srate Cleveland, the anti-soldler, vetoer upon
them and compel these members. whom IL
pleases them to call subordinates, to do honor
for his more than one hundred infamles to them
Let 1t be in order now for the churches Free
masons, Odd-fellows, Knights of Labor, the
Turner's, the Sabbath schools, as well as Sunday
whisky clubs, to pin to him their badge or mem
bership, and then we will see just rs far into
the fraud for the second term as into other
tricks and devices for violations or law TO that
end. When Mr.. Cleveland arises to address the
members of the Grand Army of the Republic
who have taken an oath to keep silent on the
treasons and wrongs they have risked life. limb,
health home and family 70 redress, as well as all
questions involved in tn American idea OF the
consent Of the governed. let him address his ell
oquence to Sections 1884 OF. the Revised Stat
utes of the United States, which read thus:
"'Section 1753-The President Is authorized
to pres cribe such regulations for the admission
of persons into the civil service of the United
Efafa haGY AflCleQCy
thereof, and ascertain the fitness of each candi-
date, in respect to health, age, character, knowl-
edge and ability for the branch of service into
which he seeks to enter, and for this purpose he
may employ suitable persons to conduct such in
ouiries, and may prescribe their duties and es-
tabish regula tions for the conduct OF the person
who may receive appointment In the civil
service
'.And this also: Section 1754-Persons hon
oraby discharged from the military or naval
service by reason of disability resulting from
wounds sickness, incurred IN the line OF duty.
shall be preferred for appointment to civil
offices, provided they IRE found to possess the
business capacity necessary for the proper dis
charge Of the duties of such Offices
In considering these sections of the laws of
the United States the President would confer
lasting benefits If he would answer sQuarely:
First-How comes it that, under the civil-servlco
rules, he has amended them about all the
Republicans have been ousted from the petty
Offices, who were placed there through civllserv-
ice examinatons2 Secord-If about all who pass
under the rules established are not Democrats,
and the large percentage ex-confederate soldiers,
while not one in fifty of those examed into place
now Republicans Thirds 1t not a fact
that, under Section 1854. If soldier passes
examination at ALL he is prepared and is entitled
10 the place under this preference of the law to
che exclusion of all others not within that SEQ
ton of the law} Fourth-By what authority of
law he, President, any of his Great
ures, any creature of Congress, long as
this law stands, formulate enforce any
rules by which these soldier brothers in place
and doing their appointed labors can be exam
ined QUIT Fifth--Whether his new civIl-service
rules las stated by Commissioner Oberly to be
Tie PresidentsJ not well-devsed specious
pretenses to evade, overturn and violate the
law. instead of the honest purpose to obey and
carry out this law, which he promised we'll in
his letters and papers to do. and which the New
York World. on Dec. "a. 1884, so eloquently said
he would dot"